Because of You Read Online Free PDF

heart at the moment.”
    “I didn’t come here to break your heart. I came here to see if there was any part of you that still cares for me the way I care for you. I guess I got my answer.” He spins around and walks out of my house.
    I dated Garret for nine months, and I have to admit I was happy at first. It was exciting to have a boyfriend. Everyone said we were cute together, he a football player who rocked on the football field and, I a cheerleader who actually hated every minute of it.
    Sometimes I think maybe it wasn’t my father’s fault I walked out in the middle of the cheerleading routine. Maybe it was something I’d wanted to do for a while.
    Anyway, with Garret things were easy on the outside. He walked me to my classes and we went to all the school events together, but past that there was nothing. Sure we hooked up here and there and even slept together, but it was without any emotions. We never sat down and had a deep conversation. I don’t even know what he wants to do with his life.
    When my father left us I turned to him thinking he could just hold me and be a shoulder to cry on, but he couldn’t deal with me being sad all the time. He never wanted to talk about things.
    He used tell me to go talk to Farrah or Logan. Garret wanted to pretend things were perfect, even if I was dying inside. He finally broke up with me on the very same night I had found out my parents’ divorce was finalized.
    He’s right, I didn’t cry. I just looked at him in the eyes and said, “Okay.” I knew at that moment he was not right for me. He quickly went home and changed his Facebook status to single, which prompted everybody in school to either call, text, or Facebook me about it. I didn’t change my status. Instead I deleted my account.
    “Did Garret leave already?” My mother asks when I walk into our brightly lit kitchen.
    “Yeah.”
    “What did he want?”
    “To tell me he’s dating someone new,” I answer, grabbing a bottle of water out of the stainless steel fridge.
    “Are you kidding me? He always seemed like such a nice young man. I’m sorry sweetie, I thought he came by to try to work things out with you.” She steps close to me and places her soft hands on my shoulders. With pity in her light brown eyes she asks, “Are you okay? Do you wanna talk about it?”
    “I’m okay. I have to go to work. I’ll see you later.” Ever since the split my mother has been trying to get me to talk about my feelings. I wish she would just understand I’m not into sharing.
    “They’re almost gone,” Logan says when I walk into Delights Ice Cream Parlor.
    “Who?”
    “The tourists. Monday is Labor Day and after that they’re all gone. I can’t wait.”
    “Yeah, and then we’ll go back to school.” I grab my pink apron and put it on.
    “Don’t remind me. At least it’s our junior year and next year we’ll be seniors and we are going to....”
    “If you say rule the school I might have to hit you.”
    He begins to laugh. “No. That’s something Farrah would say. I was going to say we are gonna par-lay.”
    “Whatever! That’s still so far away.” I wish I were a senior now so that next year I could go to school far away. There’s no way I want to stay in this town with chances of running into my new sibling.
    “So are you finally gonna tell me what happened last night? You didn’t look like everything was okay. Does it have to do with your dad?”
    The door opens and a big crowd comes in saving me from having to answer his question. “This is not over. We’ll talk later.” That’s what he thinks.
    Sometimes I hate working in an ice cream parlor. I hate having to stand there waiting for the customer to make up his or her mind. The worst part is when they announce the flavor like it’s the best thing they’ve ever heard of and then ask for a sample.
    I’m sorry, but I believe the moment you decide to get ice cream you should already know what flavor you want to eat.
    I stare at an